“I arrived at 10 and took my place. All of a sudden, I saw the red light next to Karajan go on. He began to conduct, and in fifty-five minutes we had finished recording the first act. ‘Maestro,’ I said... ”
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Legato. This was one of Karajan’s main themes in his aesthetic credo. And the tenderest pianississimo. This singer...
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Karajan was a conductor with an incomparable sense of what it takes to record music. Sometimes, for a more spontaneous and relaxed result, he would use the rehearsal tape for the final publication...
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If he was fond of a singer, Karajan was capable of great loyalty and fidelity. This was obviously the case with the Belgian bass-baritone José van Dam, now 83 years old...
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Karajan wanted her on his side for some of the most precious musical moments in his life - Kathleen Battle. She performed under his baton...
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Jon Vickers would have celebrated his 100th birthday on 29 October 2026. We look at his work with Herbert von Karajan, from their first meeting in Vienna to their performances and recordings of Fidelio, Otello and Tristan und Isolde.
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The photo above shows Peter Schreier as the Evangelist in a Bach “St Matthew Passion” performance conducted by Karajan in 1977, a part that he performed 500 times...
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The great French musician Christian Ferras was Karajan’s favourite violinist during the 1960s and early 1970s...
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She is the Karajan protegé par excellence. Anne-Sophie Mutter, one of the leading violinists of our time, started to play concerts with Karajan at the age of 13...
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Nicolai Gedda was one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century and one of the most productive. He started to work with Karajan in 1952...
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Here you can download the full curriculum vitae of Herbert von Karajan!